Sydney bus route 144

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Route 144

Management
Operated by	Sydney Buses
Depot	Brookvale,North Sydney and Willoughby
Route Type	Cross-suburban
Route
Start	Manly
Via	The Spit Neutral Bay St Leonards Crows Nest
End	Chatswood
Length
Service
Level	Daily fulltime service
Frequency	10-20 min peak 30 minutely off- peak
Journey time	1 hour approx
Sections	12
Buses in Sydney

Sydney Bus route 144 and its variants the 143 and E43 are cross suburban bus services operating on the North Shore of Sydney, between Manly and Chatswood. They are operated by Sydney Buses.

Route 144 operates the full length of the route and diverts via Royal North Shore Hospital, except during weekday peak hours and during the daytime on weekends when it operates between Royal North Shore Hoospital and Manly only. The 143 provides complementary service between Chatswood and Manly but does not divert to Royal North Shore Hospital. The E43 is a peak hours variant which operates express stops only between Chatswood and Manly.

Contents 1 History 2 Current route 2.1 Route departing Manly 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

The 144 has the distinction of being the first government-operated bus route in Sydney. Services commenced between Manly Wharf and Cremorne Junction on 25 December 1932, connecting with tram services at Cremorne Junction. Buses were initially hired from White Transit Company at Narenburn. The service was an instant success with over 2000 passengers carried on the first day alone. In October 1931, government legislation prevented the operation of private bus services in competition with government owned tram services. As private operators could not survive as feeders only to the trams and trains, they ceased operation. This allowed the government to lease excess stock from the private operators when services began from 1932.^[1]

By the 1960s, the 144 had been extended to St Leonards, and later to Chatswood.

[edit] Current route

[edit] Route departing Manly Manly Balgowlah The Spit Cremorne Neutral Bay Crows Nest St Leonards Gore Hill Artarmon Chatswood [edit] See also List of bus routes in Sydney Buses in Sydney Sydney Buses [edit] External links State Transit Authority [edit] References ^ Travers, G. The NSW Government Bus- a 75th Anniversary. The Sydney Bus and Truck Museum, 2007.